A simple and rapid procedure for identification of seed coat colour at the early developmental stage of Brassica juncea and Brassica napus seeds

Plant Breeding

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-179

  Lu, Ying ^a   Liu, Xianjun ^a   Liu, Shuyan ^a   Yue, Yingchun ^a   Guan, Chunyun ^a   Liu, Zhongsong ^a  

^a HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica spp.; Seed coat colour; Vanillin staining

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 84855600079     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01914.x     Document Type: Article

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